Triple
T2188219
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northern Telecom |
E49799
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Electric |
E49799
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Northern Electric | Statement: [Northern Telecom, successor, Northern Electric]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Electric Context triple: [Northern Telecom, successor, Northern Electric]
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A.
Northern Electric
chosen
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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B.
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a major late-19th-century American electrical manufacturing firm that became a key predecessor to General Electric.
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C.
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) was a major German electrical equipment and engineering company that became a pioneering force in industrial design, technology, and consumer appliances in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Continental Edison Company
Continental Edison Company was an early electrical engineering firm associated with Thomas Edison that employed pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla during his early career.
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E.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf373c608190b7716c137b3e9fe9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5dada268819082ddc4acd58e19f3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.